What Influences the Health of a Community

¶ … Health of a Community

Health on an overall basis across the globe has become one of the emerging, escalating and grave concerns in the modern time of today's competitive and industrialized world, which ought to be considered on a serious note. Indeed, the well-being of the inhabitants of the community has become a necessity as it creates a greater probability to lead the entire community and its residents towards an affluent, flourishing and successful civilization (Nies & McEwen, 2010).

However, in this regard, sustainable environment is one of alarming and highly measured factors by the people of the nation and a community that can turn the society into a healthy community. Specific measures such as programs and initiatives are taken by the individuals, organizations as well as the communities that can ensure good health and safety for the community on a general perspective, which eventually facilitates the community in its growth and prosperity (Nies & McEwen, 2010).

While on the other hand, considering the community of Gainesville, located in Florida, has been regarded as one of he best cities to reside in with a humid subtropical climate by several organizations through the recent survey results. The twentieth century brought scores of changes and development such as proper secondary education system, construction, water tower and may more to the city of Gainesville, which produced a substantial impact to the city. However, the primary and dominating aspect of economic growth has had always been the sector of agriculture (Hicks & Alachua County Genealogical Society, 2008).

The transportation system and the road system are extensive within the city with marked streets and roads. The denizens of the city are big supporters of the internal culture and promote the customs through visual arts (Hicks & Alachua County Genealogical Society, 2008).

Taking into account the health of the community, it is imperative to reflect the factors that can lay adverse impact on to the health of the community. The considered health factor that constitutes and contributes to the health of the community includes health behaviors, clinical care, social, economic and physical environmental factors (Nies & McEwen, 2010).

The people, the place, the health care services and the equitable opportunity have been monitored as the prime and key features that give a boost to the health of the community. This signifies that the interaction of the people of a particular community with one another and their commitment towards their community also creates an impact on to the health of the community. The place denotes the physical and material structures of the community such as space allocated for parks, streets and so forth is also a factor makes up the overall environment of the community (Nies & McEwen, 2010).

The health care service demonstrate that how many people of the community has the proper access to the high quality of health services and to what extent these services are available and affordable to these people. Lastly, the equitable opportunity indicates to what level and degree the natives of the community are equally and fairly distributed facets like quality job with nonexistence of racism and education (Nies & McEwen, 2010).

Various researches have brought forwards numerous aspects that contribute to the health of the community, however, health insurance, ethnicity / race / immigration status, and socio-demographic factors including income, educational level and occupational status have been observed as the most influencing factors upon the health of the community of Gainesville, Florida.

Firstly, having a glance at the facet of health insurance, it is one of the fundamental concerns that the government of Florida oversees and administers in order to ensure that all the members of the community are safe and healthy by availing the health care facilities that can result in alleviation of the health-related issues in Gainesville, Florida. In this regard, many organizations work in collaboration that aims to asses and diagnose the extent of problems not only in children but also in elderly so that it can be cured, and hence creating a more disease-free society. Free and unbiased health insurance counseling is provided at many occasions through a dedicated team of volunteers (Lundy & Janes, 2009).

Ethnicity, race and immigration status are also influencing attributes that creates an unconstructive impact on to the members of the community on a broad spectrum. Historical facts and figures elucidate the piece of information that Gainesville has been dominated by the majority racial communities, thus it is imperative to note that racial and ethnic discrimination has been present within the city and its dwellers. Furthermore, the discrimination existed for the people with reference to their ethnicity, race and immigration status when the access to health care was concerned (Lundy & Janes, 2009).

Finally, exploring the socio-demographic factors that take account of income, educational level and occupational status, one cannot ignore or overlook the effect of this aspect upon the members of the community. These socio-demographic characteristics are the major constituents that form the attitudes of the individual residing in the community. In addition, this determinant of socio-demographic factor largely contributes to the poor or good health of the members of the community (Lundy & Janes, 2009).

This is predominantly due to the rationale that people with higher education tend to have better means of earning, which gives them much greater exposure to awareness of health concerns and accessibility to the health care facilities due to their affordability factor. However, this is exactly opposite for the people with lower level of education and occupational status (Lundy & Janes, 2009).

Looking into the matter of economy, it is one of the most powerful and persuasive components that leave an indelible imprint on to the health care access. The economy has delineated and outlines the complicated connections between health coverage and costs, and financial access to care and health outcomes (Shi & Singh, 2011).

The effects of economic stress and recessions create a direct impact to the health care access. This is particularly due to the reason that the general population does not earn enough money that they can spend on their health care, as the overall living expense gets too high and the people are generally not able to afford the high quality health care access (Shi & Singh, 2011).